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WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS, LIST OF TEXT-BOOKS, 
COURSE OF STUDIES, ETC. 



published by the 

Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

1887. 



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SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA, 



AS APPEOYED MARCH lOTH, 1887. 



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published by the 

Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

1887. 



CHAPTER ONE. 

TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION. 

Section i. The Territorial Board of Education shall 
consist of the Governor, the Territorial Treasurer, and the 
Superintendent of Public Instruction, of which the Gov- 
ernor shall be President, and the Superintendent of Public 
Instruction Secretary. 

Sec. 2. The Board shall meet at the call of the Secretary, 
at the capital of the Territory, not less than once in each 
year, and a concurrence of a majority of all the members of 
the Board shall be necessary to the validity of any act of 
the Board. 

Sec. 3. The powers and duties of the Board are as fol- 
lows : — 

First. To adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent 
with the laws of the Territory, for its own government, and 
for the government of the public schools and school libraries. 

Second. To devise plans for the increase and manage- 
ment of the Territorial School Fund. 

Third. To prescribe and enforce the use of a uniform 
series of text-books in the public schools; provided^ no 
change of said text-books shall be considered or made by 
the Territorial Board of Education except at its regular 
meetings or at some special meeting thereof, held for that 
purpose, and notice of such intention shall be communicated 
by the Secretary of said Board in writing to each County 
School Superintendent at least sixty days prior to the time 
of holding such meeting ; and provided, further, that in cities 
of over two thousand inhabitants the Board of School Trust- 
ees, in conjunction with the Principal of Public Schools of 
the District, may select text-books other than those adopted 
by the Territorial Board of Education. 

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Fourth. To prescribe and enforce a course of studies in 
the public schools. 

Fifth. To adopt a list of books for school libraries. 

Sixth. To grant (i) educational diplomas, valid for six 
years ; and (2) life diplomas. 

Seventh. To revoke, for immoral conduct, or evident 
unfitness for teaching, Territorial diplomas. 

Eighth. To adopt and use, in the authentication of its 
acts, an official seal. 

Ninth. To keep a record of its proceedings. 

Sec. 4. Territorial educational diplomas shall be issued 
to such persons only as have held a first grade Territorial or 
County certificate for at least one year, and who shall fur- 
nish satisfactory evidence of having been successfully en- 
gaged in teaching for at least five years. 

Sec. 5. Every application for a Territorial diploma must 
be accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution adopted 
by the Territorial Board of Examiners, recommending that 
the same be granted. 

Sec. 6. Life diplomas must be issued upon all and the 
same conditions as educational diplomas, except that the 
applicant must furnish satisfactory evidence of having been 
successfully engaged in teaching for at least ten years. 

Sec. 7. All diplomas issued by said Board shall be signed 
by a majority of the members of said Board. 

Sec. 8. Every person receiving a Territorial diploma 
must pay to the Board five dollars, to defray the expenses 
of issuing said diploma. ' 



CHAPTER TWO, 

TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EXAMINERS. 

Sec. 9. The Territorial Board of Examiners shall consist 
of the Superintendent of PubHc Instruction, and two com- 
petent persons appointed by him, a majority of whom shall 
constitute a quorum. 



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Sec. 10. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall 
be Chairman of the Board. 

Sec. II. The Board must meet at such times and places 
as the chairman directs, and must hold at least two sessions 
in each year. 

Sec. 12. The Board has power: — 

First. To adopt rules and regulations governing the ex- 
amination of applicants for Territorial certificates, and for 
the government of County Boards of Examiners. 

Second. To prepare questions for the use of County 
Boards of Examiners. 

Third. To grant recommendations for life and educa- 
tional diplomas. 

Fourth. To grant Territorial certificates of the first grade, 
valid for four years. 

Fifth. To grant Territorial certificates of the second 
grade, valid for three years. 

Sixth. To review an order granting or revoking a County 
certificate. 

Seventh. To revoke for immoral conduct or unfitness for 
teaching, any certificates issued by it. 

Eighth. The Board may, at the expiration of the time 
for which they were granted, renew certificates for a like 
period for which they were originally granted. 

Sec. 13. Every applicant for a first grade Territorial cer- 
tificate must be examined by written and oral questions in 
algebra, geography, history and Constitution of the United 
States, physiology, hygiene, natural philosophy, orthography, 
defining, penmanship, reading, method of teaching, gram- 
mar, arithmetic, and the School Laws of Arizona. Appli- 
cants for a second grade certificate shall not be required to 
pass an examination in algebra, physiology, or natural phi- 
losophy. 

Sec. 14. The standing in each study must be indorsed 
upon the certificate, otherwise it is not a valid certificate. 

Sec. 15. Normal school diplomas from any State Nor- 
mal School in the United States, and life diplomas issued 
by the State Board of Examination or Education in any of 



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the United States, must be recognized by this Territory as 
prima facie evidence of fitness for teaching ; and the Board 
may, on application of the holders thereof, issue, without 
examination, Territorial certificates, and fix the grade 
thereof. 

Sec. i6. The holders of diplomas are ehgible to teach in 
any public school of the Territory. 

Sec. 17. Holders of Territorial certificates are eligible to 
teach as follows : — 

First. Those of the first grade in grammar schools. 

Second. Those of the second grade in primary schools and 
as assistants in grammar schools, except in the first grades. 

Sec. 18. The members of the Board shall each receive an 
annual salary of fifty dollars, payable Out of the Territorial 
School Fund on the warrant of the Territorial Auditor. 



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CHAPTER THREE. 

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 

Sec. 19. It is the duty of the Superintendent of PubHc In- 
struction : — 

First. To superintend the public schools of this Territory. 

Second. To investigate all accounts of school moneys kept 
by any Territorial, County or District officer. 

Third. To apportion, subject to the supervision of the Ter- 
ritorial Board of Education, to the several counties, on the 
second Monday of January, June and September of each year, 
or whenever there are two thousand dollars in the Territorial 
School Fund, the amount of money to which each county may 
be entitled under the provisions of this Act, according to the 
number of persons between the ages of six and eighteen years, 
as shown by the last census lists of the several counties, and 
to furnish each County Treasurer and County Superintendent 
with an abstract of such apportionment. He shall also certify 
such apportionment to the Territorial Auditor, and, upon such 



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certificate, the Auditor shall forthwith draw his warrant on 
the Territorial Treasurer in favor of the County Treasurer of 
each county for the amount due said county. 

Fourth. He shall prescribe suitable forms and regulations 
for making all reports, for conducting all necessary proceed- 
ings under this Act, and shall cause the same, with such in- 
structions as he may deem necessary and proper for the organ- 
ization and government of schools, to be transmitted to the 
County Superintendents for distribution to the District offi- 
cers and teachers, who shall be governed in accordance there- 
with. He shall prepare a convenient form of school register, 
for the purpose of securing accurate returns from teachers of 
public schools, and shall furnish each County Superintendent 
with a number sufficient to supply at least one copy thereof 
to each district or school of such county. He shall also sup- 
ply such blank teachers' certificates as may be prescribed for 
the use of the County Boards of Examiners. He shall certify 
the cost of printing said blanks, registers and certificates, to- 
gether with the postage or expressage necessary to convey 
them to the County School Superintendents, to the Territorial 
Auditor, who shall draw his warrant on the Territorial Treas- 
urer in favor of the person to whom said amount is due, and 
the Treasurer shall pay said warrant out of any money in 
the treasury to the credit of the Territorial School Fund ; 
provided^ the cost of printing said blanks and books shall not 
exceed the sum of six hundred dollars annually. 

Fifth, He shall not be required to visit the Public Schools 
in the different counties, but shall communicate by mail with 
the several County School Superintendents. 

Sixth. To make a printed report on or before the first day 
of December preceding each regular session of the Legisla- 
ture, to the Governor, who shall transmit] a copy thereof 
to the Legislature. Said report shall contain a full state- 
ment of the condition and amount of all funds and property 
appropriated for the purposes of education, the number and 
grade of schools in each county, the number of child/en in 
each county between the ages of six and eighteen years, the 
number of such attending public schools; also the number 



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of children between the ages of eight and fourteen years, the 
average number of children that have attended the public 
schools during the two school years previous to July ist of 
that year, the number attending private schools, the num- 
ber that can read and write, the amount of school money 
appropriated to each county, the amount of school money 
raised by county taxation, district taxation, or otherwise ; 
the amount expended for salaries of teachers, and for build- 
ing of school-houses ; a statement of plans for the manage- 
ment and improvement of public schools, and such other in- 
formation relative to the educational interests of the Terri- 
tory, as he may deem expedient. 

Seventh. To have the law relating to public schools printed 
in pamphlet form, and annex thereto such forms as he may 
be unable to supply in the shape of blanks ; also the course 
of study, rules and regulations of schools, a list of books as 
may be recommended by the Territorial Board of Educa- 
tion for school libraries, and such suggestions on school 
architecture as he may deem useful. 

Eighth. To supply school officers and teachers, school 
libraries and the Territorial library with one copy each of 
the pamphlet mentioned in the preceding subdivision. 

Ninth. To appoint in each county within this Territory a 
County Board of Examiners, composed of the County School 
Superintendent, who shall be ex officio chairman of the 
Board, and two competent persons. The Superintendent of 
Public Instruction shall have power to remove said exam- 
iners, upon good cause shown, except the ex officio chair- 
man thereof, and to fill vacancies in said Board. 

Tenth. To authenticate, with the official seal of the Board 
of Education, all writings and papers issued from his office. 

Sec. 20. To deliver over, at the expiration of his term of 
office, to his successor, all property, books, documents, maps, 
records, reports and other papers belonging to his office, 
or which may have been received by him for use of his 
office. 

Sec. 21. The office of the Superintendent of Public In- 
struction shall be at some place where there is a post-office, 



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and he shall receive a salary ot two thousand dollars per 
annum, which shall be paid quarterly out of the Territorial 
School Fund, upon warrants drawn by the Auditor. 



CHAPTER FOUR. 

COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. 

Sec. 22. The Probate Judge of each county in this Terri- 
tory is hereby' made ex officio County School Superin- 
tendent of the Public Schools for his county; provided, if 
in any county in which the duties of a Probate Judge are 
performed by the judge of any other court, the judge of such 
other court shall be ex officio County School Superin- 
tendent. 

Sec. 23. It shall be the duty of the County School Super- 
intendent of each County: — 

First, To apportion the school moneys to each district of 
his county and notify the County Treasurer in writing of 
the amount apportioned to each district and also to immedi- 
ately notify in writing the Trustees of each School District in 
his county the amount apportioned to their several districts 
at said apportionment. 

Second. On the order of the Board of School Trustees of 
any district to draw his warrant on the County Treasurer for 
all necessary expenses against the School Fund of any such 
district, the warrants must be drawn in the order in which 
the vouchers therefor are filed in his office. No warrant 
shall be drawn unless the money is in the proper fund to pay 
it, and no warrant shall be drawn upon the order of the 
Board of Trustees, against the County School Fund, for any 
district, except for teachers' salaries, unless such order is ac- 
companied by an itemized bill showing the separate items, 
and the price of each in payment for which the order is 
drawn, nor shall any warrant for teachers' salaries be drawn, 
unless the voucher shall state the monthly salary of the teach- 
er, and the name of the school month for which such salary 
is due. Upon receipt of such voucher, the County Superin- 



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tendent shall draw his warrant upon the County Treasurer, in 
favor of the parties, and for the amounts stated in such 
voucher; provided, that no warrants shall be drawn in favor 
of any school district or teacher thereof, unless monthly re- 
ports or fractional reports of a month for that district have 
been filed with the County School Superintendent ; to keep 
open to the inspection of the public a register of warrants, 
showing the fund upon which the warrants have been drawn, 
the number thereof, in whose favor, and for what service 
drawn, and also a receipt from the person to whom the war- 
rant was delivered. He shall, at each quarterly meeting of 
the Board of Supervisors of his county, make a written report 
of all warrants drawn upon the School Fund, and for' what 
purpose, and if required, shall exhibit vouchers therefor. 

Third. To preside over teachers' institutes held in his 
county, and to secure the attendance thereat of lecturers com- 
petent to instruct in the art of teaching, to enforce the course 
of study, the use of text-books, and the rules and regulations 
for the examinations of teachers prescribed by the proper 
authority. 

Fourth, To issue upon the order of the County Board of 
Examiners, temporary certificates, valid until the next regular 
meeting of said Board. 

Fifth. To certify to the Territorial Board of Examiners 
the names of persons examined before the County Board of 
Examiners, 

Sixth. To distribute all laws, reports, circulars, instruc- 
tions and blanks which he may receive for the use of school 
oflficers. 

Seventh. To keep in his ofifice the reports of the Superin- 
tendent of Public Instruction, the reports of the school 
trustees, marshals and teachers, received by him ; to record 
all official acts in a book, to be provided for that purpose, and 
at the close of his official term of office to deliver over to his 
successor such records, and all documents, books and 
papers belonging to his office, and to take a receipt for the 
same, which shall be filed in the office of the County Treas- 
urer. 



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Eighth, To keep a record of his official acts, and of the 
proceedings of the County Board of Examiners, including a 
record of the standing in each study of all applicants exam- 
ined. 

Ninth, To pass upon, approve or reject accounts against 
school districts. 

Tenth, To appoint Trustees of school districts to fill all 
vacancies caused by a failure to elect or otherwise. 

Eleventh. To make reports when directed by the Super- 
intendent of Public Instruction, showing such matters relat- 
ing to public schools in his county as may be required of 
him, on the blanks furnished him by the Superintendent of 
Public Instruction. 

Twelfth, To notify iitimediately the Board of School 
Trustees of the several districts in his county upon the re- 
ceipt of notice from the Territorial Board of Education, of 
any meeting to be held by them for the purpose of examin- 
ing or inquiring into the expediency of a change of text- 
books as provided in sub-division three (3), of section three 
of this act. 

Sec. 24. If he fails to make a full and correct report 
required under the provisions of sub-division eleventh, 
section 23, at the time fixed by the Superintendent of Pub- 
lic Instruction, he forfeits fifty dollars of his salary, and the 
Board of Supervisors, upon receiving notice from the Super- 
intendent of Public Instruction of such failure, must deduct 
the amount forfeited from his salary. 

Sec. 25. He may, when there is sufficient money in the 
fund of any school district to maintain a school therein for 
five months, if the Trustees fail or refuse to have such school 
kept, appoint a teacher, and open and keep open such school 
and may draw his warrant upon the fund of such school dis- 
trict for the expenses incurred. 

Sec. 26. He may, at his discretion, require the Trustees 
of any district to repair the school building or property, or 
to abate any nuisance in or about the premises, if such re- 
pairs or abatement can be done for a sum not exceeding 
fifty dollars, and there is a sufficient amount of money in the 



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treasury to the credit of the district. He may also, in all 
cases, require the Trustees to provide suitable outhouses ; 
and if the Trustees neglect to make such provision, he may 
cause it to be done, and pay for it on his warrant on the 
County Treasurer, payable out of any money to the credit 
of the district ; provided, said warrant shall be countersigned 
by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. 

Sec. 27. The County School Superintendent, by and with 
the consent of the County Board of Examiners shall, unless 
otherwise provided by law, in the month of September, in 
each year, grade each school, and a record thereof shall be 
made in a book to be kept by the County School Superin- 
tendent in his office, for said purpose, and no teacher hold- 
ing a certificate below the grade of said school shall be em- 
ployed to teach the same. All schools shall be designated 
as primary or grammar. 

Sec. 28. Each County School Superintendent may, in 
writing, appoint a deputy, such appointment to be filed in 
the office of the County Recorder, and no salary payable 
out of the school fund shall be allowed such deputy. Such 
deputy shall qualify by taking the usual oath of office and 
fiHng the same in the office of the County Recorder, and 
shall have and exercise the same powers as the County 
School Superintendent, who shall be responsible upon his 
bond for the official acts of his deputy. 

Sec. 29. it shall be the duty of every County School Su- 
perintendent to inquire and ascertain if the boundaries of 
the school districts in his county are definitely and plainly 
described in the records of the Board of Supervisors, and to 
keep in his office a full and correct transcript of such bound- 
aries. In case the boundaries of districts are conflicting or 
incorrectly described, he shall, upon the order of the Board 
of Supervisors, change, harmonize and describe them, and 
make a report of such action to the Supervisors, and, on be- 
ing ratified by the Supervisors, the boundaries and descrip- 
tion so made shall be the legal boundaries and description 
of the districts of that county. 

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uty are hereby authorized to administer oaths or affirmations 
to teachers; and all other oaths or affirmations relating to 
schools, and shall receive no compensation therefor. 

Sec. 31. The salaries of the County School Superintend- 
ent in each of the several counties of the Territory shall be 
three hundred dollars per year, payable quarterly out of the 
county school fund. All warrants for salary, postage and 
expressage shall be countersigned by the Chairman of the 
Board of Supervisors. 



CHAPTER FIVE. 

TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. 

Sec. 32. Whenever the number of school districts in any 
county is ten or more, the County School Superintendent 
thereof shall hold at least one Teachers' Institute in each 
year, and shall notify the teachers in each district of the 
time and place of holding said Institute, and every teacher 
employed in a public school in the county shall attend such 
Institute and participate in its proceedings, unless good 
cause is shown for non-attendance. 

Sec. 33. Each session of the institute must continue not 
less than three nor more than five days. 

Sec. 34. When the institute is held during the time that 
teachers are employed in teaching, their pay must not be 
diminished by reason of their attendance. 

Sec. 35. The County School Superintendent must keep 
an accurate account of the actual expenses of said institute, 
with vouchers for the same, and draw his warrant on the 
County Treasurer, payable out of the County School Fund ; 
provided^ that such amount must not exceed twenty-five 
dollars for any one year, and all such warrants shall be 
countersigned by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. 

Sec. 36. The Superintendents of two or more counties 
may unite and hold a joint institute, in which case the ex- 
penses must be apportioned between the counties joining in 
the institute ; provided, such expenses do not exceed twenty- 
five dollars for each county. 



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CHAPTER SIX. 

COUNTY BOARD OF EXAMINERS. 

Sec. 37. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall 
appoint two competent persons in each county within this 
Territory who, with the County School Superintendent, 
shall be and constitute a Board of Examiners ; provided^ that 
no teacher shall be competent to serve on said Board. 

Sec. 38. The County School Superintendent of Schools 
shall be ex officio Chairman of the County Board of Exami- 
ners. Two members shall constitute a quorum. 

Sec. 39. The County Board of Examiners must meet 
quarterly, at the county seat of each county, on the first 
Monday of March, June, September and December of each 
year, for the purpose of examining teachers. The Board 
shall meet at such other times as the Chairman shall direct. 
All meetings of the Board of Examiners shall be public, and 
the records of their proceedings shall be kept in the office of 
the County School Superintendent of Schools. The Board 
shall have power : — 

First. To enforce the rules prescribed by the Territorial 
Board of Examiners for the examination of teachers. 

Second. To examine applicants and to grant certificates of 
two grades : ist. County certificates of first grade, valid 
for four years and authorizing the holder to teach a grammar 
school. 2d. County certificates of second grade, valid for 
two years and authorizing the holder to teach a primary 
school. 

Third. To enforce the use of a uniform series of text-books 
prescribed by the Territorial Board of Education and the 
course of studies in the public schools. 

Fourth. To revoke for immoral or unprofessional conduct 
or evident unfitness for teaching the certificates granted by 
them. 

Fifth. To grant without examination county certificates, 
and fix the grade thereof, to the holders of life diplomas and 
Normal School diplomas, and may without examination re- 



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new certificates previously issued by them or previously 
granted in their county ; such renewed certificates to remain, 
valid for the same length of time for which the original cer- 
tificates were granted, and may also issue temporary certifi- 
cates valid until the next regular meeting of the Board to 
such applicants as may furnish satisfactory evidence of their 
experience in teaching; provided, that no person shall be 
entitled to receive such temporary certificate more than 
once.. 

Sixth. The Board must use in the examination of teach- 
ers the questions furnished by the Territorial Board of Ex- 
aminers, and all written answers to said questions by appli- 
cants shall be kept on file in the office of the County School 
Superintendent for at least one year, and shall be open for 
the inspection of school officers. 

Sec. 40. Except as provided in section 39, certificates 
must be granted only to those who have passed a satisfactory 
examination in orthography, defining, reading, penmanship, 
physiology, hygiene, natural philosophy, composition, arith- 
metic, algebra, geography, grammar, history of the United 
States, methods of teaching, and school law of Arizona ; 
provided, that applicants for second grade certificates shall 
not be required to pass an examination in algebra, physiology 
and natural philosophy. All certificates must be signed by 
a majority of the Board of Examiners by which they were 
granted. The standing of each applicant in each study 
must be indorsed on each certificate. 

Sec. 41. Members must receive for their services a sum 
not to exceed five dollars per day for each day's attendance 
for each quarterly session of the Board, payable out of the 
County School Fund ; provided, that no session shall con- 
tinue longer than two days, and that no compensation shall 
be allowed members for attendance, except when engaged 
in examining teachers. 



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CHAPTER SEVEN. 
SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 

Sec. 42. Each regularly organized school district hereto- 
fore formed, or that may be formed, shall be designated as 

School District No. (using the number of the district), 

of county (using the name of the county in which 

such district is situated), and in that name the Trustees may 
sue and be sued, and hold and convey property for the use 
and benefit of such district. 

Sec. 43. Every county, city or incorporated town, unless 
subdivided by proper authority, forms a school district. 

Sec. 44. No new district can be formed unless the parents 
or guardians of at least ten school-census children, resident 
of such proposed new district, and residing at a greater dis- 
tance than two rniles from any district school-house, present 
a petition to the County School Superintendent setting forth 
the boundaries of the new district asked for. The bounda- 
ries of any district cannot be changed unless at least five 
heads of families, residing in the district, present a petition to 
the County School Superintendent, setting forth the change 
of boundaries desired, and the reasons for the change. 

Sec. 45. After giving due notice to all parties interested 
by posting notices in three public places in the district, one 
of which shall be at the door of the school-house for at least 
one week, the County School Superintendent must transmit 
the petition to the Board of Supervisors with his approval 
or disapproval. If he approves the petition, he may note 
such changes in the boundaries as he may think desirable. 

Sec. 46. The Board of Supervisors must at their first meet- 
ing after the receipt of the petition act upon the same. If 
the Board establishes the district, they may do so in accord- 
ance with the prayer of the petition, or with such modifica- 
tions as they choose to make. 

Sec. 47. No new district formed by the subdivision of an 
old one is entitled to any share of the public moneys belong- 
ing to the old one until a school has been actually commenced 
in such new district. 



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Sec. 48. Unless within four months after the making of an 
order creating a new district, school is opened therein, th6 
order will cease to have effect. 

Sec. 49. When a new district is formed by the division of 
an old one, the County School Superintendent must after 
the payment of debts divide the money to the credit of the 
old district at the time school was commenced in the new 
district, and such as may be apportioned to the old district, 
according to the number of school census children resident 
in each district, for which purpose he may order a census 
taken. 

TRUSTEES. 



Sec. 50. On the last Saturday of June, A. D. 1887, there 
shall be an election of three School Trustees, held in each 
school district in the Territory, and annually thereafter there 
shall be an election- held on the last Saturday of June in 
each year, and at such election there shall be elected one 
Trustee in each school district, who shall hold office for the 
term of three years from the first Saturday in July next suc- 
ceeding his election. The three Trustees elected on the last 
Saturday in June, 1887, shall hold their offices respectively as 
follows : One for one year, one for two years, and one for 
three years from the first Saturday in July next succeeding 
their election, and at their first meeting held after their elec- 
tion in June, 1887, as provided, they shall determine among 
themselves which one of the three shall serve one year, 
which one for two years, and which one for three years, and 
they shall certify to the County School Superintendent the 
result of their action. The election provided for in this 
section must be held in the District School House if there is 
one, and if there is none, at a place to be designated by the 
Board of School Trustees. 

Sec. 51. The Clerk of each School Board shall cause 
written or printed notices to be posted specifying the day 
and the place of such election, and the time during which the 
ballot-box will be kept open. Said notices shall be posted 
in at least three public places in the district, one of which 



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shall be at the school-house, if there be one, at least fifteen 
days previous to the time of election. If the Clerk fail to 
give such notice, then any two legal voters residing in the 
district may give similar notice of such election at least ten 
days prior thereto. 

Sec. 52. The Trustees must appoint the Inspector, Judges 
and Clerks of Election ; if none are so appointed, or if those 
appointed are not present at the time of opening the polls, 
the electors present may select them. 

Sec. 53. The polls must be opened at 9 o'clock a. m., and 
closed at 4 o'clock p. m. 

Sec. 54. All elections shall be by ballot. 

Sec. 55. Every person, male or female, of the age of 21 
years or over, who has been a resident of the district for 
thirty days immediately preceding the day of election, and 
who is the parent or guardian of a child of school age resid- 
ing in the district, or who paid a Territorial or county school 
tax during the preceding year, is eligible to election to the 
office of Trustee, and shall be entitled to vote at any school 
district election. Any person offering to vote may be chal- 
lenged by any legally qualified elector of the district, and the 
judges must thereupon administer the following oath to the 
person challenged : *' You do solemnly swear, that you are 
now and have been a resident of this school district during 
the thirty days preceding this election ; that you are the 
parent or guardian of a child of school age, in this school 
district, or, that you have paid in this county a Territorial or 
county school tax during the past year, and that you have 
not voted at this election, so help you, God." If he or she 
takes the oath prescribed in this section, his or her vote must 
be received, otherwise the vote must be rejected. 

Sec. 56. A poll and tally list must be kept and returned 
to the Board of Trustees. 

Sec. 57. The officers of election must, after counting the 
votes, make and deliver certificates of election to the persons 
elected, a copy of which, with the oath of office attached, 
must be forwarded to the County School Superintendent ; 



SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 19 

said Trustees are hereby authorized to administer to each 
other the oath of office. 

Sec. 58. The powers and duties of Boards of Trustees of 
school districts are as follows : — 

First. It shall be the duty of the Trustees, any two of 
whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 
ness, to meet as soon as practicable after the commencement 
of their term of office, at such place in the district as may be 
most convenient, and to organize, by appointing one of their 
number Clerk of the Board and notifying the County School 
Superintendent of the same. 

Second. To prescribe and enforce rules not inconsistent 
with law or those prescribed by the Territorial Board of 
Education for their own government and the government of 
schools. 

Third. To manage and control the school property within 
their district. - ' 

Fourth. To purchase school furniture and apparatus, and 
such other things for the use of schools as may be necessary. 

Fifth. To rent, furnish, repair and insure the school prop- 
erty of their respective districts. 

Sixth. When directed by a vote of their district, to build 
school-houses, or to purchase or sell school-lots. 

Seventh. To make, in the name of the district, convey- 
ances of all property belonging to the district and sold by 
them. 

Eighth. To employ the teachers, janitors and employes of 
schools; to fix and order paid their compensation ; provided, 
that no Board of Trustees shall enter into any contract with 
such teachers, janitors or employes to extend beyond the 
thirtieth day of June next ensuing, under the provisions of 
this act teachers of first grade shall not receive a greater 
sum than one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month, 
and teachers of the second grade certificates shall not re- 
ceive a greater sum than ninety dollars ; provided, that Ter- 
ritorial certificates and diplomas of whatever grade shall be 
considered as first grade for purposes of the provisions of 
this section. 



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Ni?tth. To expel pupils for misconduct. 

Tenth. To exclude from school, children under six years 
of age. 

Eleventh. To enforce in schools the course of study, and 
the use of the text-books prescribed and adopted by the 
proper authority. 

Twelfth. To appoint District Librarians, and enforce the 
rules prescribed for the government of school libraries. 

Thirteenth. To exclude from schools and school libraries 
all books, publications or papers of a sectarian, partisan or 
denominational character. 

Fourteenth. To make arrangements with adjoining districts 
for the attendance of such children in the school of either 
districts as may be best accommodated therein, and to 
transfer the school moneys due by apportionment to such 
children to the district in which they may attend school; and 
in case the Trustees fail to agree, the parents of such children 
may appeal to the County School Superintendent whose 
decision shall be final. 

Fifteenth. On or before the first day of May, eighteen 
hundred and eighty-seven, and every two years thereafter, 
to appoint a school census Marshal, and notify the County 
School Superintendent thereof. 

Sixteenth. To make an annual report on or before the first 
day of August to the County School Superintendent, in the 
manner and form, and on the blanks prescribed by the Su- 
perintendent of Public Instruction or County School Super- 
intendent. 

Seventeenth. To make a report, whenever required, directly 
to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or to the County 
School Superintendent. 

Eighteenth. To visit every school in the district at least 
once in each quarter, and examine carefully into its manage- 
ment, condition and wants. 

Nineteenth. Boards of Trustees shall call meetings of the 
quahfied school electors of the district for determining or 
changing the location of the school-house, or for consultation 
in regard to any litigation in which the district may be en- 



SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 21 

gaged, or be likely to become engaged, or in regard to any 
other affairs of the district. Such meetings shall be called by 
posting notices in the usual places for not less than ten days 
previous to the time for which the meeting shall be called ; 
which notices shall specify the purposes for which said meet- 
ing shall be called ; and no other business shall be transacted 
at said meeting. District meetings shall be organized by 
choosing a chairman from the electors present, and the dis- 
trict clerk shall be clerk of the meeting, and enter the 
minutes thereof in the records of the district. At any such 
meeting any person attempting to vote on any question aris- 
ing before said meeting may be challenged in the same 
manner and with like force and effect as prescribed in Sec- 
tion fifty-five (55) of this act. A meeting thus called shall 
be competent to instruct the Board of Trustees : — 

1. In regard to the location or change of location of a 
school-house. 

2. In regard to purchase and sale of school-sites. 

3. In regard to the erection of school-buildings. 

4. In regard to prosecuting, settling or compromising any 
litigation in which the district may be engaged, or likely to 
become engaged. All funds raised by sale of school prop- 
erty may be disposed of by direction of a district meeting, 
provided that said funds so raised shall be used for school 
purposes only. District meetings may be adjourned from 
time to time as found necessary ; and all votes instructing the 
Board of Trustees shall be taken by ballot ; the Board of 
Trustees shall be bound by the instructions of the district 
meeting in regard to the subjects mentioned in this section. 
All moneys due any school district from the sale of any school 
property shall be paid by the purchaser of said property to 
the County Treasurer, who shall place the same to the credit 
of the district making such sale, and shall furnish such pur- 
chaser a receipt for said money, and notify the County 
School Superintendent of the same. 

Sec. 59. Boards of Trustees must maintain all the schools 
established by them for an equal length of time during the 
year, and, as far as practicable, with equal rights and privileges* 



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Sec. 6o. Writing paper, pens, ink, and slate pencils and 
crayons for the use of schools, must be furnished under the 
direction of the Board of Trustees. 

Sec. 6i. Boards of Trustees must use the school moneys 
received from the Territorial and County apportionments ex- 
clusively for the payment of teachers and contingent expenses 
for that school year, until at least a six months* school shall 
have been maintained ; and if at the end of any year there is 
an unexpended balance, it may be used for the payment of 
claims against the district outstanding, or it may be used for 
the year succeeding. 

Sec. 62. If any Board of Trustees fail to appoint a census 
marshal at the proper time, and through such failure the dis- 
trict is omitted in the apportionment of school moneys, then, 
in such case, the trustees arehereby made, jointly and sever- 
ally, personally liable to the district for the full amount which 
the district would Have received but for such failure. 

Sec. 63. Boards of Trustees are liable as such, in the name 
of the district, for any judgment against the district, for sal- 
ary due any teacher on contract, and for all debts contracted 
under the provisions of this Act, and they shall pay such 
judgments or liabilities out of the school moneys to the credit 
of such district. 



CHAPTER EIGHT. 

DISTRICT CENSUS MARSHALS. \ 

Sec. 64. First. It shall be the duty of the census marshal 
to take the census of all the children between six and eigh- 
teen years of age in his district. 

Second. To report the result of his labors to the County 
School Superintendent on or before the first day of July of 
the year in which the census is taken. 

Sec. 65. His report must be made under oath, upon blanks 
furnished by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and 
must show : — 

First. The number, age, sex, color and nationality of chil- 
dren listed, Indians and Chinese excepted. 



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Second. The names of parents and guardians of said chil- 
dren. 

Third. The number of children between the ages of six 
and eighteen. 

Fourth. The number of children between the ages of eight 
and fourteen. 

Fifth. The number attending public schools. 

Sixth. The number attending private schools. 

Seventh. The number not attending school. 

Eighth. Such other facts as the Superintendent of Public 
Instruction may designate. 

Sec. 66. He must include in his report all children that 
are absent, attending institutions of learning, but whose pa- 
rents or guardians are residents of the districts. 

Sec. 67. He must not include in his report children who 
are attending school in his district, but whose parents do not 
reside therein. 

Sec. 6"^. He shall visit each habitation, home, residence, 
domicile or place of abode in his district, and by actual ob- 
servation and interrogation enumerate the census children 
of the same. 

Sec. 69. Whenever a district is formed lying partly in two 
adjoining counties, the census marshal must report to each 
County School Superintendent the number of children in 
each county within the district. 

Sec. 70. The census marshal shall have power to adminis- 
ter oaths to parents and guardians. 

Sec. 71. If at any time the County School Superintendent 
of schools has reason to believe that a correct report has not 
been returned, he may appoint a census marshal, have the 
census retaken, and the compensation for the same shall be 
paid out of the School Fund of that district, on a warrant on 
the County Treasurer, countersigned by the Chairman of the 
Board of Supervisors. 

Sec. 72. The compensation of census marshals must be 
audited and paid as other claims allowed by the Trustees of 
the district are audited and paid. If the census marshal 
neglect or refuse to make his report at the time and in the 



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manner herein required, he shall be deemed guilty of misde- 
meanor, and on conviction be punished by a fine not exceed- 
ing one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than 
three months. 



CHAPTER NINE. 

CLERKS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 

Sec. 73. It is the duty of the clerk : — 

First, To act as clerk of the Board, and keep a record of 
its proceedings without compensation. 

Second. To keep an itemized account of the receipts and 
expenditures of school moneys. 

Third. To keep his records and accounts open to the in- 
spection of the electors of the district. 

Fourth. To discharge such other duties as may be pre- 
scribed by the Board. 

Sec. 74. The clerk of each district must, under the direc- 
tion of the Board of Trustees, provide all school supplies, 
and keep the school-house in repair during the time the 
school is taught therein. No order on any County School 
Superintendent for any teacher's salary, or other expense, 
shall be valid unless signed by at least two members of the 
Board of Trustees. 

Sec. 75. The clerk may act as assessor, collector, or mar- 
shal, in which case he must be paid the same compensation 
which would have been allowed by the. Board to any other 
person. 

CHAPTER TEN. 
SCHOOLS. 

Sec. y6. The school year shall begin on the first day of 
July and end on the last day of June. 

Sec. yy. A school month is construed and taken to be 
twenty school days or four weeks of five days each. Where 
teachers are employed by the year, the time shall bie con- 
strued as ten school months. 



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Sec. 78. Every school, unless otherwise provided by law^ 
must be open for the admission of all children between six 
and eighteen years of age, residing in the district. And the 
Board of Trustees have power to admit adults and children 
not residing in the district but within the Territory, when- 
ever good reasons exist therefor. Trustees shall have the 
power to exclude children of filthy or vicious habits, or chil- 
dren suffering from contagious or infectious diseases. 

Sec. 79. All schools not otherwise provided by law, may 
be divided into primary and grammar schools. 

Sec. 80. All schools must be taught in the English lan- 
guage. 

Sec. 81. Instruction must be given in the following 
branches, viz.: Reading, Writing, Orthography, Arithmetic^ 
Geography, Grammar, History of the United States, Ele- 
ments of Physiology, Hygiene, Elements of Book-keeping, 
Industrial Drawing, and such other studies as the Territorial 
Board of Education may prescribe, but no such other studies 
can be pursued to the neglect or exclusion of the studies 
enumerated. 

Sec. 82. Instruction must be given during the entire school 
course in manners and morals. 

Sec. 83. No school must be continued in session more 
than six hours a day, and no pupil under eight years of age 
must be kept in school more than four hours a day. 

Sec. 84. No books, tracts, or papers of a sectarian char- 
acter shall be used in, or introduced into any school estab- 
lished under the provisions of this act, nor shall any sectarian 
doctrine be taught therein, nor shall any school whatever 
under the control of any religious denomination, or which 
has not been taught in accordance with the provisions of this 
Act, receive any of the public school funds, and upon satis- 
factory evidence of such violation the County School Su- 
perintendent must withhold all apportionments of school 
moneys from said school. 



2b SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 

CHAPTER ELEVEN. 

PUPILS. 

Sec. 85. All children between the ages of six and eigh- 
teen years, who are residents of this Territory, must be 
admitted into the schools of this Territory. 

Sec. S6. All pupils must comply with the regulations, 
pursue the required course of study, and submit to the 
authority of the teachers of the school. 

Sec. 87. Continued open defiance of the authority of the 
teacher, and habitual profanity and vulgarity constitute good 
causes for expulsion from school. 

Sec. 88. Any pupil who cuts, defaces, or otherwise injures 
any school-house or outbuildings thereof is liable to suspen- 
sion or expulsion, and upon the complaint of the teacher or 
Trustees, the parents or guardians of such pupils shall be. 
liable for all damages. 



CHAPTER TWELVE. 

TEACHERS. 

Sec. 89. Every teacher in a public school must : — 

First. Before assuming charge of a school, file his or her 
certificate with the County School Superintendent. 

Seco7id. On taking charge of a school, or when closing a 
term of school, immediately notify the County School Sup- 
erintendent of such fact. 

Third. Enforce the course of study, the use of text-books, 
and the rules and regulations prescribed for schools. 

Fourth. Hold pupils to a strict account for disorderly con- 
duct on the way to and from school, exercise a supervision 
over pupils on the play grounds, and during recess ; suspend 
from school, for good cause, any pupil, and report such sus- 
pension to the Board of Trustees for review. If such action 
is not sustained by them, the teacher may appeal to the 
County School Superintendent, whose decision shall be final. 



SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 27 

Fifth. Keep a school register, which shall be carefully pre- 
served by the Board of Trustees as one of the records of the 
school. 

Sixth. To furnish monthly reports to the County School 
Superintendent, upon the blanks prescribed by the Superin- 
tendent of Public Instruction. 

Seventh. To make an annual report to the County School 
Superintendent at the time and in the manner, and on the 
blanks prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruc- 
tion. Any teacher who shall end any school term before the 
close of the school year, shall make a report to the County 
School Superintendent immediately after the close of such 
term ; and any teacher who may be teaching any school at 
the end of the school year, shall, in his or her annual report, 
include all statistics for the entire school year, notwithstand- 
ing any previous report for a part of the year. 

Eighth. To make such other reports as may be required 
by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, County School 
Superintendent or Board of Trustees. 

Sec. 90. In case of the dismissal of any teacher, before 
the expiration of any contract entered into between such 
teacher and Board of Trustees, for alleged unfitness or in- 
competence, the teacher may appeal to the County School 
Superintendent, whose decision shall be final, if suit be not 
brought thereon in a court of competent jurisdiction. 

Sec. 91. No warrants shall be drawn in favor of any teacher 
who does not hold a certificate issued by the Board of Ex- 
aminers of the county, or by the Territorial Board of Exam- 
iners, or diploma issued by proper authorities. 

Sec. 92. No person is eligible to teach in any public school 
in this Territory, or to receive a certificate to teach, who has 
not attained the age of eighteen years. 

Sec. 93. Any teacher who shall use any sectarian or de- 
nominational books or teach any sectarian doctrine, or con- 
duct any religious exercises in his school, or who shall fail to 
comply with any of the provisions mentioned in Section 89 
of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of unprofessional con- 



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SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 



duct, and it shall be the duty of the proper authority to re- 
voke his or her certificate or diploma. 

Sec. 94. It shall be the duty of all teachers to endeavor 
to impress on the minds of the pupils the principles of 
morality, truth, justice and patriotism; to teach them to 
avoid idleness, profanity and falsehood, and to instruct them 
in the principles of a free government, and to train them up 
to a true comprehension of the rights, duties and dignity of 
American citizenship. 



CHAPTER THIRTEEN. 



DISTRICT LIBRARIES. 



Sec. 95. Boards of School Trustees in cities and in dis- 
tricts, containing one hundred or more census children, may 
use the school fund together with such moneys as may be 
added thereto by donation, 'in the purchase of books for 
school libraries ; provided, that the amount so expended 
from the School Fund in one year shall not exceed fifty 
dollars ; and provided, further, that noVarrant shall be drawn 
by the County School Superintendent on the order of any 
Board of Trustees, in payment for any books, unless such 
order is accompanied by an itemized bill, showing the books 
and the price of each in payment for which the order is 
drawn. 

Sec. 96. Libraries are under the control of the Board of 
Trustees, and must be kept, when practicable, in the school- 
houses. The libraries shall be free to all pupils of a suitable 
age belonging to the school, and any resident of a district 
may become entitled to its privileges by the payment of 
such annual or monthly fee as may be prescribed by the 
Trustees. The Trustees shall be held accountable for the 
proper care and preservation of the library, and they shall 
report to the County School Superintendent when required, 
all library statistics on blanks furnished by the Superintend- 
ent of Public Instruction for that purpose. 



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CHAPTER FOURTEEN. 

TERRITORIAL TAX AND COUNTY SCHOOL TAX. 

Sec. 97. A tax of three cents upon each one hundred dol- 
lars value of taxable property is hereby levied, and directed 
to be collected and paid into the Territorial treasury, as a 
special fund for school purposes, to be disbursed as herein- 
after provided ; said tax to be levied and collected at the 
same time and in the same manner as other territorial reve- 
nues. It shall be the duty of the Territorial Treasurer to 
receive and to hold as a special fund, all public school mon- 
eys paid into the Territorial treasury, and pay them over on 
a warrant of the Territorial Auditor, issued upon the order 
of the Territorial Board of Education, countersigned by the 
Superintendent of Public Instruction, or in case of his ab- 
sence from the capital of the Territory, by the Governor, in 
favor of the County Treasurer, or such other person as may 
be authorized by law to receive the same, which order, duly 
indorsed by the County Treasurer, or such other person, 
shall be a valid voucher in the hands of the Territorial 
Treasurer for the disbursement of said moneys. 

Sec. 98. All school moneys due each county in the Terri- 
tory shall be paid over by the Territorial Treasurer to the 
County Treasurer, as follows : On the second Monday of 
January, June and September, or as soon thereafter as the 
County Treasury may apply for the same, on a warrant of 
the Territoric^l Auditor, drawn in conformity with the appor- 
tionment of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

Sec. 99. The County School Superintendent in each 
county must, on or before the first day of August of each 
year, furnish the Board of Supervisors an estimate in writing 
of the minimum amount of school funds needed for the en- 
suing year. 

Sec. 100. The Board of Supervisors of each county shall 
annually, at the time of levying other taxes, levy a county 
school tax of not less than fifty nor more than eighty cents 
on each one hundred dollars valuation of taxable property, 



30 SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 

which tax shall be added to the county tax, and collected in 
the same manner, and paid into the County Treasury as a 
special fund to be drawn upon as hereinafter provided. 

Sec. ioi. Said taxes shall be collected as other county 
taxes are collected, and shall be paid into the treasury of the 
county to the credit of the County School Fund. 

Sec. 102. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of each 
county : — 

First. To receive and to hold, as a special fund, all public 
school moneys, whether received by him from the Territorial 
Treasurer, or raised by the county for the benefit of public 
schools, or from any other source, and to keep a separate ac- 
count thereof, and when the same is apportioned among the 
school districts, to open and keep a separate account with 
each district. 

Second. On receiving any public school moneys amount- 
ing to five hundred dollars, subject to distribution, to imme- 
diately notify the County School Superintendent of his county 
the amount thereof. 

Third. To pay over, on the warrants of the County School 
Superintendents, duly indorsed by the person entitled to re~ 
ceive the same, any or all of said moneys. 

Fourth. On or before the first day of August of each year 
to make a report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 
showing : — 

1. The amount of school moneys received from Territorial 
School Fund. 

2. The amount received from county school tax. 

3. The amount received from other sources. 

4. Total expenditures for school purposes. 

5. Balance on hand at close of school year. 

And in case of the failure or neglect of said County Treas- 
urer to make such report or give such notice as is required 
jn subdivision second of this section, he shall be liable to the 
county of which he is treasurer in the sum of five hundred 
dollars ; and it is hereby made the duty of the District Attor- 
ney of said county, upon the direction of the Board of Super- 
visors of said county, to bring suit in the name of said county,. 



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against such Treasurer for the recovery thereof, and any 
money collected under the provisions of this section shall be 
paid into the County School Fund. 

Sec. 103. No County Treasurer shall be allowed any per- 
centage on any school moneys received or disbursed by 
him. 



CHAPTER FIFTEEN. 

SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX. 

Sec. 104. When the Territorial and county money to 
which any district is entitled is not sufficient to build or rent 
suitable buildings, and to pay for keeping a school in such 
district, for at least five months in each year, it is hereby 
made the duty of the Trustees of such district to levy a direct 
tax upon the taxable property in such district, sufficient to 
raise an amount which, together with the Territorial and 
county money to which said district is entitled, will keep a 
school open five months in each year, and the Board of 
Trustees of any school district, when in their judgment it is 
advisable, may call an election, and submit to the qualified 
voters of the district the question whether a tax bhall be levied 
to keep a school open a longer period than the ordinary 
fund will allow, or for building an additional school-house or 
houses, or for all these purposes. Such election shall be 
called by posting notices in three of the most public places 
in the district for twenty days. Said notices shall contain 
the time and place of holding the election, the amount of 
money proposed to be raised, and the purpose for which it is 
intended to be used. The Board of Trustees shall appoint 
three judges to conduct the election, and it shall be held in 
all other respects, as near as practicable, in conformity with 
the general election law ; provided, that no registration shall 
be necessary to entitle a person to vote at such election, ^nd 
no person shall be entitled to vote thereat who is not a tax- 
payer in the district. At such election the ballot shall con- 
tain the words, ** tax, yes," or " tax, no," and also the name 
of one person as assessor and collector. If two-thirds of the 



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votes cast are **tax, yes," the officers of the election shall 
certify the fact to the Bioard of Trustees, and shall also cer- 
tify the name of the person having the plurality of votes for 
assessor and collector. The Board of Trustees shall issue a 
certificate of election, and the assessor shall forthwith, from 
the last duplicate tax-roll of the county, make a list of all 
taxable persons and property in the district, and within 
thirty days he shall return his roll, footed up, to the Board 
of Trustees. The Board of Trustees, upon receiving the 
roll, shall deduct fifteen per cent therefrom for anticipated 
delinquencies; and then by dividing the sum voted, together 
with estimated cost of assessing and collecting added 
thereto, by the remainder of the roll ascertain the rate per 
cent required ; and the rate so ascertained shall be and is 
hereby levied and assessed to, on or against the persons or 
property named or described on said roll, and it shall be a 
lien on all such property until the tax is paid ; and said tax, 
if not paid within the time limited in the next succeeding 
section for its payment, shall be collected in the same manner 
and with the same costs as delinquent Territorial and county 
taxes are collected ; provided, however, that nothing in this 
section shall be construed as authorizing the Board of School 
Trustees of any district to levy a direct special tax on the 
taxable property of said district, for the purpose of continua- 
tion of schools therein, if there has been sufficient funds to 
have already maintained a school for a period of eight 
months during that school year ; and provided, further, that in 
all school districts located a distance of twenty miles or more 
from the County Treasury, it may be lawful for the Board 
of School Trustees of such school district to designate some 
competent and responsible person to act as Treasurer in re- 
ceiving and properly disbursing the funds collected and 
turned over to him from said special school tax, such person 
shall execute a good and sufficient bond to the Territory of 
.Arizona for the use and benefit of the said school district, in 
an amount to be determined by the Board of School Trus- 
tees, conditioned on a faithful and honest discharge of his 
duties, and the paying of all warrants drawn on him by the 



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Board of School Trustees, but no warrant shall be drawn on 
this special fund unless the money shall be actually in the 
hands of the Treasurer. 

Sec. 105. As soon as the rate of taxation has been deter- 
mined, as provided in the preceding section, the Board of 
Trustees shall place the tax list in the hands of the collector, 
who shall give such bonds as may be required by the Board 
of Trustees, and he shall then proceed to collect the tax and 
shall within sixty days return the roll to the Board of Trust- 
ees, with the word ** paid" marked opposite the name of 
each person or description of property from whom or which 
he has received the taxes, and he shall at the same time file 
with the Board of Trustees the County Treasurer's receipt for 
all moneys by him collected, and the person or property on 
the roll not by the collector marked "paid " shall be deemed 
delinquent and the Board of Trustees shall order said collec- 
tor to proceed to collect the delinquent taxes in the manner 
described in the last preceding section, and said roll or any 
certified copy thereof shall have the same force in evidence 
as a duplicate or delinquent tax roll of Territorial or county 
taxes. All moneys collected from a district tax in any school 
district shall be paid into the county treasury and placed to 
the credit of such district. The County School Superin- 
tendent shall, upon the order of the Trustees of such district, 
draw his warrant upon the County Treasurer for such mon- 
eys or any part thereof. The compensation of the assessor 
and collector shall be fixed by the Board of Trustees, and 
be paid in the same manner as the expenses for supporting 
schools in the district are paid ; provided, that wherever the 
words " County Treasurer," or " County Treasury," occur in 
this section they shall not be deemed or taken to apply to 
those districts located a distance of twenty miles or more 
from the county seat, and wherein a special tax has been 
levied and collected, and where the Trustees have appointed 
a special Treasurer as provided in the preceding section of 
this act. 
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34 SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 

CHAPTER SIXTEEN. 

APPORTIONMENT OF SCHOOL FUNDS. 

Sec. io6. The School Superintendent of each county- 
must apportion all school moneys as follows : — 

First, He must ascertain the number of teachers each dis- 
trict is entitled to by calculating one teacher for every fifty 
census children or fraction thereof, not less than fifteen 
census children, as shown by the next preceding school census. 

Second. He must ascertain the total number of teachers 
for the county by adding together the number of teachers 
assigned to the several districts. 

Third. Five hundred dollars shall be allowed to each dis- 
trict for every teacher assigned it ; provided, that to districts 
having ten and less than fifteen census children, there shall 
be apportioned four hundred dollars, and provided, further, 
that to districts of five census children and under ten census 
children, there shall be apportioned two hundred and fifty 
dollars. 

Fourth. All school moneys remaining on hand after ap- 
portioning five hundred dollars to each district having fifteen 
census children or more for every teacher assigned to it, and 
after apportioning four hundred dollars to districts having 
less than fifteen census children, must be apportioned to the 
several districts in proportion to the number of census chil- 
dren in each of such districts. 

Sec. 107. No school district is entitled to receive any ap- 
portionment of school moneys which has not maintained a 
public school for at least five months during the then next 
preceding school year; but any new district formed by the 
division of an old one is entitled to its apportionment when 
school has been maintained in the old district before divis- 
ion, and in the new district after the division, at least seven 
months in all. A district which is prevented by fire, flood 
or prevailing epidemic from maintaining a school for the 
length of time designated in this section, is, nevertheless^ 
entitled to its apportionment of school moneys. 




SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA, 35 

Sec. io8. Whenever, at the close of the school year, any 
school money has accumulated to the credit of a school dis- 
trict, it shall be retained to the credit of such district for the 
ensuing year, unless by reason of fraudulent census returns 
or any other cause, such district is shown not to be justly 
entitled to such credit. If in any school district there shall 
be an average attendance for three months of only five pupils 
or less, such district shall lapse and the moneys in the treas- 
ury of the county belonging thereto shall be apportioned by 
the County School Superintendent among the other districts 
of his county in proportion to the number of census children 
in such districts. 



CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. 

. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO SCHOOL FUNDS AND 

TAXES. 

Sec. 109. All moneys which shall accrue to the Territory 
by the sale of personal or real property of an escheated 
estate or from the rents or profits of lands or tenements held 
as escheated shall be paid into the Territorial School Fund 
of this Territory to be used only as the Territorial School 
Fund is now or shall hereafter be authorized to be used by law. 

Sec. iio. All moneys arising from fines, forfeitures and 
gambling licenses shall be immediately transmitted as soon 
as collected by the officer receiving the same, to the County 
Treasurer for the credit of the County School Fund ; pro- 
vided, that nothing in this act shall affect or apply to any 
municipal fine, forfeiture or license under the ordinances of 
any incorporated village or city of this Territory. 

Sec. III. Any officer neglecting or failing to comply with 
the provisions of the preceding section shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any 
court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined in any sum not 
more than three hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the 
county jail for not more three months, or by both such fine 
and imprisonment. All fines arising under the provisions of 
this section shall be placed to the credit of the County 
School Fund. 



36 SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. 

TEXT-BOOKS. 

Sec. 112. In the adoption of text-books, the Territorial 
Board of Education shall be governed by the following 
rules : — ^ 

First. Any books hereafter adopted as a part of the uni- 
form series of text-books must be continued in use for not 
less than four years. , 

Second. No change of text-books must be made at any 
other time than in the month of July or August of the year 
in which the change is made, and no changes shall be made 
to take effect until the beginning of the next school term 
of that year. 

Third. At least sixty days' notice of any proposed change , 
in text-books must be given by publication in a newspaper 
of general circulation, published in this Territory. Said 
notice shall state what text-books it is proposed to change ; 
that sealed bids or proposals will be received by the Terri- 
torial Board of Education for furnishing books to replace 
them ; the place where, and the day and the hour when all 
bids or proposals will be opened, and that the Board reserves 
the right to reject any and all bids or proposals. 

Fourth. At the time and place specified in said notice the 
Board shall meet and publicly open and read all of the bids 
or proposals which have been received, by them, and shall 
make their award thereon within ten days thereafter. 

Fifth. Sealed bids and proposals must be accompanied by 
a sample copy of the books proposed to be furnished, to- 
gether with a statement of the wholesale and retail price at 
which the publisher agrees to furnish each book within this 
Territory during the full time for which said books are to be 
adopted. 

Sixth. If no satisfactory bids or proposals are received, 
then the books already in use may continue in use until 
changed as herein provided. 

Seventh. The publisher or publishers, whose proposals 



SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 37 

shall be accepted, must enter into a written contract with the 
Territorial Board of Education, and shall give a good and 
sufficient bond, in a reasonable sum, to be fixed by the Board 
for the faithful performance thereof. 

Sec. 113. If the Trustees of any district refuse or neglect 
to enforce the use of the text-books that may be prescribed, 
or use any other books in any of the prescribed studies, 
such refusal or neglect shall be deemed a misdemeanor, 
punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or 
by imprisonment not to exceed three months and removal 
from office; provided, that the Board of Trustees in cities of 
two thousand inhabitants or more may select text-books 
other than those prescribed, for all grades above the " Third 
Reader." 



CHAPTER NINETEEN. 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

Sec. 114. Certificates shall be issued to such persons only 
as shall have given evidence of good moral character. 

Sec. 115. An act entitled, "An act to establish a public 
school system and to provide for the maintenance and 
supervision of public schools in the Territory of Arizona," 
approved March 12th, 1885, and all other acts and parts of 
act in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby re- 
pealed. 

[Took effect July i, 1887.] 

PENAL CODE. 

Sec. 1017. Any parent, guardian or other person who 
shall insult or abuse any teacher in the presence of the 
school, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be liable to a 
fine- of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, 
or by imprisonment not exceeding three months. 

Sec. 1018. Any person who shall willfully disturb any 
public school or any public school meeting shall be guilty 
of a misdemeanor, and be liable to a fine of not less than 



38 SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 

fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment 
not exceeding three months. 

Sec. 1019. If the Trustees of any district refuse to enforce 
the use of the text-books that may be prescribed, or use 
any other books in any of the prescribed studies, such re- 
fusal or neglect shall be deemed a misdemeanor, punishable 
by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprison- 
ment not to exceed three months, and removal from office. 

Sec. 1020. No school trustee shall be interested directly 
or indirectly in any contract made by the board of trustees 
of which he is a member, and any contract made in violation 
of this section shall be null and void, and any trustee so in- 
terested shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon 
conviction, shall be fined in a sum not to exceed three 
hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for 
three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and 
be removed from office. 

Sec. 1 02 1. Any teacher, trustee, treasurer, census marshal, 
or school officer who shall knowingly make a false report to a 
County School Superintendent or to the Superintendent of 
Public Instruction, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not to 
exceed five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county 
jail for three months, or by both such fine and imprison- 
ment. 



FORMS NOT SUPPLIED IN THE SHAPE OF BLANKS. 

No. I. 
Form of notice of annual election of School Trustees. 

ELECTION NOTICE. 

Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of— 



School District, County of , that the annual school meet- 
ing for the election of School Trustee will be held on the 



SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 39 

last Saturday in June, i88— , at the public school-house of 
said district. 

The polls will be open between the hours of and . 



School Trustees, 
Dated , i88— . 

Note. — This notice must be posted not less than fifteen days before the day 
of election. 



No. 2. 



Form of notice or advertisement of a district election for 
voting a tax to furnish additional school facilities ^ etc. 

ELECTION NOTICE. 

Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of 

School District, County of , Territory of Arizona, that 

an election will be held on the day of , at which 

will be submitted the question of voting a tax to maintain a 
free school [or to build a school-house]. 

It will be necessary to raise for this purpose the sum 
of $ . 

The polls will be open at the public school-house between 
the hours of and . 



Dated , i88 — . District School Trustees, 

Note. — The date must be twenty days before election. 



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SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 



No. 3. 

Form of a petition of parents and guardians who desire to 
form a new district from parts of one or more old ones. 

(See Sections 47 and 48.) 



To- 



■County Superintendent of Schools,- 



•County : 



We, the undersigned, residents of district (or districts) No. 

, respectfully represent that we desire to form a new 

district, with boundaries as follows, viz. : (Here describe the 
proposed bounds.) We further declare that, collectively, 
we are the parents or guardians of at least ten children of 
school age, and we hereby certify that the list of names of 
persons of school age which is attached to and made a part 
of this petition, is a correct list of all such persons residing 
in the proposed district. 



NAMES OF PERSONS OF SCHOOL AGE. 
(Giving ages of each). 



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No. 4. 
School Trustees' Report, 

Take Notice. — This report must be returned to the County Superintendent 
on or before \ht first day of July. 

School Trustees' Report of District^ to the Superintendent 

of Public Schools of County ^ from July ist, 188 — , to 

June jothy 188 — , inclusive. 



FINANCIAL REPORT. 

Amount of balance on hand at the beginning of the school 
year. Amount of School Fund received from the Territory. 
Amount of school money received from county taxes. 
Amount raised by district tax. Amount raised by rate bills, 
subscription, or from other sources. Total receipts from all 
sources for school purposes. Amount paid for teachers' sal- 
aries. Amount expended for rent, repairs, fuel, and con- 
tingent expenses. Aniount of School Fund expended for 
school libraries. Amount expended for school apparatus. 
Total amount of current expenses. Amount expended for 
sites, buildings and school furniture. Total expenditures 
for school purposes. Amount needed to support an eight 
months' school. Total receipts from Territorial and County 
School Fund during the year. Balance needed. Valuation 
of sites, school-houses, and furniture. Valuation of ^school 
libraries. Valuation of school apparatus. Total valuation 
of school property. 

GENERAL STATISTICS. 

Names of teachers employed during the year. Number 
of months school was maintained during the year. Monthly 
rate of salary paid to the teacher. Number of volumes in 
school library. Total amount of donations, fees, and fines 
received for the benefit of the school library. Total expend- 
itures for school libraries. Number of new volumes pur- 
chased during the year. Has the School Register been kept 
according to law? Is a record book kept by the Clerk 



42 SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 

of the Board of Trustees ? Are the Trustees and teachers 
suppHed with copies of the Arizona School Law? Were 
teachers allowed pay during the time of attendance on 
County Institutes ? Have you required the Territorial series 
of text-books exclusively to be used in school ? Have you 
enforced the rules and regulations of the Territorial Board 
of Education? Have you enforced the course of studies 
prescribed by the Territorial Board of Education ? Have 
you furnished the school with the supplies required ? Has 
any special school tax been levied in your district ? If so, 
what was the rate of tax, and for what purpose ? Have you 
maintained a free school six months, as required ? 

We, the undersigned. Public School Trustees of district 
and county aforesaid, certify that the within report is a true 
statement of the condition of the public schools of said dis- 
trict. 



School Trustees. 



LIST OF TEXT BOOKS 
ADOPTED BY THE TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION I 







Retail Price. 


Applet 


on's First Reader . . . . ' 


25 


(( 


Second Reader 


40 


<( 


Third Reader . . . 


50 


(( 


Introductory Fourth Reader . 


60 


<( 


Fourth Reader 


70 


« 


Fifth Reader 


I 25 


Webster's Speller 


15 


Applet 


on's Elementary Geography 


. . 65 


(( 


Higher 


. I 50 


Model 


Copy Books, i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5 >^ and 6 


15 



Primary Model Copy Books, i, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 . 10 



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Retail Price. 

Appleton's Primary Arithmetic .... 25 

" Elementary Arithmetic .... 40 

" Practical, with Book-keeping . . 80 

Quackenbos' Illustrated Lessons in Language . . 55 

** Grammar ...... 80 

" Elementary History of the United 

States 65 

Quackenbos' American Histo^ . . . . i 25 

** Natural Philosophy .... i 50 

" Compositions and Rhetoric . . . I 30 

The Childs Health Primer 35 

Hygiene for Young People ..... 60 

Steele's Hygienic Physiology . . . . i 25 

Steele's Abridged Physiology . . . .- . 60 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ARIZONA 

TERRITORY. 

ADOPTED BY THE TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION. 

1. Teachers are required to be present at their respect- 
ive school-rooms, and to open them for the admission of the 
pupils, 2X fifteen minutes before the time prescribed for com- 
mencing schools, and to observe punctually the hours for 
opening and closing school. 

2. The daily school session shall commence at nine 
o'clock, A. M., and close at four o'clock, p. m., with an inter- 
mission at noon of one hour, from twelve, m., to one o'clock* 
p. M. There shall be allowed a recess of twenty minutes in 
the forenoon session — from ten-forty to eleven o'clock — 
and a recess of twenty minutes in the afternoon session — 
from two-forty to three o'clock. When boys and girls are 
allowed separate recesses, fifteen minutes shall be allowed 
for each recess. 



44 SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 

3. In graded primary schools in which the average age 
of the pupils is eight years, the daily session shall not ex- 
ceed four hours a day, exclusive of the intermission at noon, 
and inclusive of the recesses. If such schools are opened 
at nine o'clock, a. m., they shall be closed at two o'clock, 
p. M. In ungraded schools, all children under eight years 
of age shall be either dismissed, after a four hours' sessiouy 
or allowed recesses for play, of such length that the actual 
confinement in the school-room shall not exceed three hours 
and a half. 

4. No pupil shall be detained in school during the inter- 
mission at noon, and a pupil detained at any recess shall be 
permitted to go out immediately thereafter. All pupils ex- 
cept those detained for punishment, shall be required to pass 
out of the school-rooms at recess, unless it would occasion 
an exposure of health. 

5. Principals and teachers shall be held responsible for 
the general management and discipline of their schools, and 
the studies pursued ; and the assistant teachers shall follow 
the directions of the principals, and co-operate with them, 
not only during school hours, but during the time when the 
pupils are on the school premises, before and after school, 
and during recesses. Assistants shall be held responsible 
for the studies, order, and discipline of their own rooms, 
under the general direction of the principals. 

6. Teachers are particularly enjoihed to devote their 
time faithfully to a vigilant and watchful care over the con- 
duct and habits of the pupils during the time for relaxation 
and play before and after school, and during the recesses^ 
both in the school-buildings and on the play-grounds. 

7. It is expected that teachers will exercise a general in- 
spection over the conduct of scholars going to and returning 
from school. They shall exert their influence to prevent all 
quarreling and disagreement, all rude and noisy behavior in 
the streets, all vulgar and profane language, all improper 
games, and all disrespect to citizens and strangers. 

8. Teachers shall prescribe such rules for the use of 
yards, basements and outbuildings connected with the school- 



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SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 



45 



houses, as shall insure their being kept in a neat and proper 
condition, and shall exainme them as often as may be neces- 
sary for such purpose. Teachers shall be held responsible 
for any want of neatness or cleanlifiess about their school 
premises. 

9. Teachers shall give vigilant attention to the ventilation 
and temperature of their school-rooms. At each recess the 
windows and doors shall be opened for the purpose of 
changing the atmosphere of the room. Teachers are re- 
quired to exercise reasonable supervision over the text- 
books of the pupils, to inspect the same from time to time, 
and prevent their defacement or wanton destruction. 

10. Teachers shall enter in the school register, in the 
order of their application, the names of all those applying 
for admission to the school after the prescribed number of 
pupils has been received. Such applicants shall be ad- 
mitted to seats whenever a vacancy occurs in any class for 
which they have been found duly qualified in the order of 
theif registration. 

11. Teachers shall require] excuses from the parents 
or guardians of pupils, either in person or by written note, 
in all cases of abse?ic€ or tardi?iesSy or of dismissal before 
the close of school. Sickness of the pupil or in the family, 
or some urgent cause rendering attendance and punctuality 
impossible or extremely inconvenient, shall be regarded as 
the only legitimate excuse for absence or tardiness. 

12. No pupil shall be allowed to retain connection with 
any public school, toiless furnished zvith books, slates and 
other uiensils required to be used in the class to which he 
belongs ; provided, that no pupil shall be excluded for such 
cause, unless the parent or guardian shall have been fur- 
nished by the teacher with a list of books or articles needed, 
and one week shall have elapsed after such notice without 
the pupil's obtaining said books. Books may be furnished 
to indigent children by the Trustees, at the expense of 
the district, whenever the teacher shall have certified in 
wtiting that the pupil applying is unable to purchase such 
books. 



46 SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 

13. Any pupil who shall in any way cut or otherwise in- 
jure any school-house, or injure any fences, trees, or out- 
buildings belonging to any of the school estates, or shall 
write any profane or obscene language, or make any obscene 
pictures or characters on the school premises, shall be liable 
to suspension, expulsion or other punishment, according to 
the nature of the offense. The teacher may suspend a pupil 
temporarily for such offense, and shall notify the Trustees of 
said action. Pupils shall not be allowed to remain in any of 
the rooms that are provided with improved styles of furni- 
ture, except in the presence of a teacher, or a monitor who 
is made especially responsible for the care of the seats and 
desks. All damage done to school property by any of the 
pupils shall be repaired at the expense of the party com- 
mitting the trespass. Within one week of any damage to 
school property, teachers shall notify the Trustees or be held 
personally responsible. 

14. All pupils who go to the school without proper atten- 
tion having been given to personal cleanliness, or neatness 
of dress, shall be sent home to be properly prepared for 
school, or shall be required to prepare themselves for the 
school-room before entering. Every school-room shall be 
provided with a wash basin, soap, and towels. 

15. No pupils affected with any contagious disease shall 
be allowed to remain in any of the public schools. 

16. The books used and the gtudies pursued shall be such^ 
and such only^ as may be authorized by the Board of Edu- 
cation ; and no teacher shall require or advise any of the 
pupils to purchase for use in the schools any book not con- 
tained in the list of books directed and authorized to be used 
in the schools. 

17. It shall be the duty of the teachers of the schools 
to read to the pupils, from time to time, so much of 
the school regulations as apply to them, that they may 
have a clear understanding of the rules by which they are 
governed. 

18. In all primary schools, exercises in free calisthenics 
and vocal and breathing exercises shall be given at least twice 



SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 47 

a day, and for a time not less than from three to five min- 
utes for each exercise. 

19. The following supplies shall be provided by the Dis- 
trict Clerk under the provisions of section 58, on the written 
requisition of the teachers, viz.: clocks, brooms, dusting 
brushes, wash basins, water buckets, tin cups, dust pans^ 
matches, ink, ink bottles, pens, pen-holders, pencils, crayon 
chalk, hand bells, coal buckets or wood boxes, shovels, 
pokers, soapy towels, thermometers, door mats, and scrapers. 

20. Trustees are required to employ a suitable person to 
sweep and take care of the school-house, and they shall 
make suitable provision for supplying the school with 
water. 

21. It shall be the duty of teachers to report to the County 
Superintendent the books used in their schools, together 
with the number of pupils in the several divisions of each 
grade. This report must be made at the beginning and close 
of each school session or year. 

22. The District Clerk, at the close of each term of school, 
or whenever a teacher is discharged, shall certify on the back 
of the order for the last month' s salary that the School Reg- 
ister has been properly kept. 



RULES FOR PUPILS. 

1. Every pupil is expected to attend school punctually 
and regularly ; to conform to the regulations of the school, 
and to obey promptly all the directions of the teacher ; to 
observe good order and propriety of deportment ; to be dili- 
gent in study, respectful to teachers, and kind and obliging 
to schoolmates ; to refrain entirely from the use of profane 
and vulgar language, and to be clean and neat in person and 
clothing. 

2. Pupils are required in all cases of absence to bring, on 
their return to school, an excuse in writing from their parents 
or guardians, assigning good and sufficient reasons for such 
absence. 



48 SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 

3. All pupils who have fallen behind their grade, by ab- 
sence or irregularity of attendance, by indolence or inatten- 
tion, shall be placed in the grade below, at the discretion of 
the teacher. 

4. No pupil shall be permitted to leave school at recess, or 
at any other time before the regular hour for closing school, 
except in case of sickness, or on written request of parent or 
guardian. 

5. Any scholar who shall be absent one week without 
giving notice to the teacher, shall lose all claim to his par- 
ticular desk for the remainder of the term, and shall not be 
considered a member of the school. 

6. Each scholar shall have a particular desk, and shall 
keep the same and the floor beneath in a neat and orderly 
condition. 

INSTRUCTIONS TO TEACHERS. 

1. Teachers will endeavor to make themselves acquainted 
with parents and guardians, in order to secure their aid and 
co-operation, and to better understand the temperaments, 
characteristics, and wants of the children. 

2. Teachers shall daily examine the lessons of their various 
classes, and make such special preparation upon them, if 
necessary, as not to be constantly confined to the text-book; 
and instruct all their pupils, without partiality, in those 
branches of school studies which their various classes may be 
pursuing. In all their intercourse with their scholars they are 
required to strive to impress on their minds, both by precepts 
and example, the great importance of continued efforts for 
improvement in morals, and manners, and deportment as 
well as in useful learning. 

3. Teachers should explain each new lesson assigned, if 
necessary, by familiar remarks and illustrations, that every 
pupil may know, before he is sent to his seat, what he is ex- 
pected to do at the next recitation, and how it is to be done. 

4. Teachers should only use the text-book for occasional 
reference, and should not permit it to be taken to the recita- 
tion, to be referred to by the pupils, except in cases of such 



SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 49 

exercises as absolutely require it. They should assign 
questions of their own preparing, involving an application of 
what the pupils have learned to the business of life. 

5. Teachers should endeavor to arouse and fix the atten- 
tion of the whole class, and to occupy and to bring into action 
as many of the faculties of their pupils as possible. They 
should never proceed with the recitation without the atten- 
tion of the whole class, nor go round the class with recitation 
always in the same order or in regular rotation. 

6. Teachers should at all times exhibit proper animation 
themselves, manifesting a lively interest in the subject 
taught; avoid all heavy plodding movements, all formal 
routine in teaching, lest the pupil be dull and drowsy, and 
imbibe the notion that he studies only to recite. 

7. Corporal punishment is not allowed, and teachers must 
refrain from inflicting the same for any cause whatever, 
under penalty of immediate removal. But the teacher shall 
suspend a pupil temporarily for any offense or breach of 
discipline and shall immediately notify the Trustees and the 
parent or parents or guardian of such child of such action. 



RULES FOR DISTRICT LIBRARIES. 

1. The Librarian appointed by the Trustees shall properly 
label and number each book in the district library, and keep 
a catalogue of the same, showing the title and number of 
each book. * 

2. The library shall be open for drawing and returning 
books [here insert such time as may be determined by the 
Trustees and Librarian]. 

3. Every child attending school shall be entitled to the 
privileges of the library ; but when the number of books is 
insufficient to supply all the pupils, the Librarian shall deter- 
mine the manner in which books may be drawn. 

4. No person shall be entitled to two books from the 
library, and no family shall draw more than one book while 
other families wishing books remain unsupplied. 

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50 SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 

5. No person shall loan a library book to any one out of 
his own house, under a penalty of fifty cents for each offense. 

6. No person shall retain a book from the library more 
than two weeks, under a penalty of ten cents for each day he 
may so retain it ; and no person may draw the same book a 
second time while any other person wishes to draw it. 

7. Any person losing or destroying a library book shall 
pay the cost of such book and a fine of fifty cents ; and any 
person injuring a book by marking, tearing, or unnecessarily 
soiling it, shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten cents 
nor more than the cost of the book, to be determined by the 
Librarian. 

8. Any person refusing or neglecting to pay any penalty 
or fine shall not be allowed to draw any book from the 
library. 

9. The Librarian shall report to the Trustees, quarterly, 
the amount of fines imposed and collected, and the amount 
received for membership dues ; and all moneys accruing from 
these sources shall be expended for the purchase or repair 
of books. 

10. Any person, other than pupils attending, resident in 
the school district, may become entitled to the privileges of * 
the school library by the payment of an annual or monthly 
fee as prescribed by the Trustees. 



GRADE OF SCHOOLS, ETC. 

All schools in which there is a class of three or more pur- 
suing studies below the Third reader shall be classed as 
primary schools. All schools including and above the 
Third reader are grammar schools. 

While a wise discretion as to methods of teaching should 
be exercised by principals in pursuing the course of study 
in the different grades, they must see that the requirements 
as far as stated have been complied with before the pupil 
can be promoted to a higher grade, so that the ultimate end 
so far as herein prescribed may be reached. And in all cases 



SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 51 

of promotion from lower to higher grades the principal of 
the higher grade shall, together with the clerk of the Board 
of Trustees of such district, be the sole judge as to whether 
the pupil has attained the necessary proficiency entitling 
him to such promotion. 

No pupil shall be promoted from a lower to a higher grade 
unless the average percentage of all its studies is seventy- 
five per cent and unless the percentage in each study is 
sixty-five per cent or over. These credits to be ascertained 
by examination at the time when the application for promo- 
tion is made. 

Classes when sufficiently advanced may pursue, in the dis- 
cretion of the principal, the following studies in addition to 
those prescribed by law : Algebra, Natural Philosophy, 
Universal History, Political Economy, Geometry, Geology, 
Chemistry, Spanish and Latin ; subject however to the fol- 
lowing provisions : 1st. Such additional studies shall not be 
taught to the exclusion of those enumerated in section 8i of 
the school law. 2nd. School trustees are not authorized to 
employ special teachers to give instruction in any particu- 
lar branch. 

ARITHMETIC. 

The knowledge of arithmetic that the pupil must have ac- 
quired in the primary grade before advancement must be 
the four fundamental rules of arithmetic : addition, sub- 
traction, multiplication and division. He must be able to 
multiply by three or four figures in the multiplier and to 
divide by three figures in the divisor (avoiding the use of 
decimals). He must also be able to use United States 
money in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division 
and be able to give the aliquot parts of quantities up to and 
including sixths, both mentally and in slate and blackboard 
exercises. 

Special attention must be given to rapid and accurate ad- 
dition by mental effort to the exclusion of mechanical helps, 
such as by counting upon the fingers or by dots or lines upon 
the slate or blackboard. 



52 SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 



READING. 

He must be able to read fluently and correctly any lesson 
in the Second reader, to know the meaning and orthography 
of all words in said reader and to have an intelligent under- 
standing of the language of the lessons as set forth in said 
reader. 

GEOGRAPHY. 

He must have a sufficient knowledge of geography so as 
to be able to understand the general sub-divisions of land 
and water, to know what is meant by sea, island, lake, pen- 
insula, continent, the points of the compass, etc. 

WRITING. 

He must be able to write with slate or lead pencil any 
sentence contained in the Second reader. 

So far as the text books adopted by this Board are ap- 
plicable they must be strictly adhered to. 

The Board has not adopted any text books for high school 
studies. The trustees oY districts wherein such high school 
studies are pursued may select such text books upon these 
subjects as they may deem best. 

Adopted by the Territorial Board of Education, May i6, 
1887. 



LIBRARY BOOKS. 

The foregoing law empowers the Board of Education to 
adopt a list of books for school libraries. This power the 
Board has not seen fit to exercise, believing that with 
the Hmited amount of school money authorized to be 



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SCHOOL LAWS OF ARIZONA. 53 

expended library for books the Trustees of the districts will 
use good sense in making selections, and carefully exclude 
from the libraries all books of a sectarian or partisan nature. 

It is suggested, however, tliat the first purchases be of 
books of reference only, which are to the scholar what the rail- 
road guide is to the traveler. Next to knowing a thing is 
knowing where to find what is known about it ; and books of 
reference, such as dictionaries and encyclopedias, though 
they seem costly, are the most valuable and cheapest for 
small libraries. 

The Superintendent of Public Instruction and County 
Superintendent will cheerfully assist Trustees in making se- 
lections. 



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EDUCATION. 

establishing public school system 

TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION, 
of whom board consists 

when to meet 

powers and duties of board 

to adopt rules 

to provide plan increasing school fund 

to prescribe uniform text-books 

text-books in cities, how prescribed . 

prescribe course of studies 

books for school libraries . 

educational and life diplomas . 

revocation of diplomas 

adoption of oificial seal 

record of proceedings kept 

territorial educational diplomas, when issued 

territorial diploma, application for . 

life diploma, when issued . 

diplomas, how signed 

fee charged for diploma 

TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EXAMINERS. 

of whom to consist 

who chairman of board 

meeting of board 

power of board 

examination of applicants, how conducted 

standing indorsed on certificate, how 

normal school, etc., of other States, etc., recognized 

holder of diploma eligible to teach 

holders of territorial certificates eligible to teach, how 

compensation of members of board .... 

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 

duties of superintendent 

to deliver books, property, etc., to successor . 
oflSce to be kept, where 



SECTION. 

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SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION — Continued 
compensation of 
compensation, how paid . 
to superintend public schools 
to investigate accounts 
to apportion school moneys 
to prescribe forms, blanks, etc. 
not required to visit schools 
to report to governor . 
what report to contain 
to have school law printed, etc. 
to supply copy of school law to teachers, etc. 
to appoint county boards of examiners 
to authenticate documents with seal 



COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS. 

probate judge ex officio county school superintendent 

duty of county superintendent . 

to apportion school moneys to districts . 

to draw warrants for expenses . 

bills to be itemized, vouQhers, etc. . 

report to supervisors . . 

preside over teachers' institutes 

issue temporary certificates 

certify names of persons examined . 

distribute law blanks, etc. 

to keep certain reports in his office . 

record of official acts • 

audit accounts 

fill vacancies in trustees .... 

to make report 

notify school trustees of meeting to change text-books 
penalty for failure to report . . . 
may open schools when trustees neglect to 
require school house to be repaired . 

grade schools 

appoint deputy 

description of boundaries of district 
superintendent and deputy may administer oaths 
salary of county superintendent 

TEACHERS' INSTITUTES. 

institutes when to be held .... 
session to continue, how long . 
pay of teachers not stopped by attendance on 
expenses of institutes .... 

joint institutes for two or more counties . 
expenses of joint institutes 



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COUNTY BOARD OF EXAMINERS. 

board, how appointed . 

chairmau of ... 

meetinscs, powers and duties of 

to enforce rules . 

to examine applicants 

grant certificates of two grades 

enforce uniformity of text-books 

revoke certificates 

grant certificates to holders of certain diplomas 

what questions to use on examination 

certificates only granted to whom 

compensation to members of board . 

SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 
designation of district 
body corporate to sue, hold property, etc. 
what to form district . 
when new district to be established 
changing boundaries of district 
action of supervisors in changing boundaries of 
moneys for new school district .... 
new school district ceases if no school opened ^ 
division of money between old and new districts 

TRUSTEES. 

election of school trustees 

term for which elected 

notices of election 

inspector and judges of election 

time polls open and close . 

election by ballot 

who may vote .... 

poll and tally lists ... 

counting ballots and making returns 

duties of trustees 

organization of board 

prescribe and enforce rules 

manage school property 

purchase school property . 

purchase school furniture, etc. 

rent, furnish aud insure school property 

build schools, when . 

purchase or sell school lots 

conveyances in name of district 

employ teachers .... 

salaries of teachers 

expulsion of pupils 



SECTION. 



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INDEX. 



TKtJSTEES — Continued. 

enforce course of study 

appoint librarians 

provide for pupils attending school in adjoining district 

apportionment of money for such purpose 

to appoint school census marshal .... 

to make annual report 

other reports . 

visit school districts 

elections to change location of school house . 
changing location of school house .... 

litigation affecting district 

moneys of district, disposal of, etc 

schools maintained equal length of time . 
paper, pens, inks, etc., to be furnished school . 
school money first used for salary of teachers, etc. 
trustees liable for failure to appoint census marshal 
trustees liable for judgment for teachers' salary 

DISTEICT CENSUS MARSHALS. 

duty of . 

what census must show 

absent children included in report, when . 
children of non-resident parents not included . 
to visit each home in making census 
when district partly in two counties to whom to report 
power to administer oaths to parents, etc. . . 
if census report incorrect, when new one may be taken 
compensation for taking census .... 

neglect of duty by census marshal punishable . 

CLEEKS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 

duty of clerk 

to provide supplies for schools 

may act as assessor, collector or marshal, when 

SCHOOLS. 

school year defined 

school month defined . . . 
who entitled to be admitted as pupil 
schools divided into primary and grammar 
must be taught in English .... 
what branches of instruction taught 
instruction in manners and morals . 
length of daily lessons .... 
sectarian or religious teaching not allowed 

PUPILS. 

who entitled to be 

to comply with rules 



SECTION. 



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INDEX. 59 

SECTION. 

PUPILS — Continued. 

expelled for what 87 

defacing school property 88 

TEACHEKS. 

duties of 89 

file certificate with superintendent 89 

notify superintendent of taking charge or closing ... 89 

enforce course of study 89 

suspension of pupils 89 

keep school register 89 

monthly report 89 

annual report 89 

other reports 89 

teacher dismissed may appeal to superintendent ... 90 

no warrants to teachers not holding certificate, etc. . . . 91 

under eighteen not eligible to teach 92 

penalty for using sectarian books 93 

to impress morality, truth, etc., on pupil 94 

DISTRICT LIBRARIES. 

funds, when used for library 95 

library under control of trustees 96 

free to pupils 96 

TERRITORIAL AND COUNTY SCHOOL TAXES. 

taxes, how levied, amount of, etc 97 

collected, constitute special fund 97 

school moneys, when paid over and how applied . . .98 

estimate to be furnished supervisors by superintendent . . 99 

levy of taxes by supervisor .100 

amount of tax for school purposes 100 

taxes collected and form school fund 101 

duty of treasurer as to school funds 102 

treasurer not entitled to percentage on moneys . . . 103 

SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX. 

district tax levied by trustees 104 

notice of tax 104 

election whether tax shall be levied 104 

voting, levying and collection of such tax .... 104 

collection of tax . . . • 105 



APPORTIONMENT OF SCHOOL FUNDS. 

rules for apportionment 

school superintendent, how to apportion . 
district not maintaining school five months 
such district not entitled to funds 
funds to credit of school district at close of year 



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INDEX. 



SCHOOL FUNDS AND TAXES GENERALLY, 
money from escheated estates .... 
moneys from fines and forfeitures 
penalty for failure to pay moneys into school fund 

TEXT-BOOKS. 

rules for adoption of text-books 

books adopted not to be changed for four years 

changes when only to be made 

notice of change to be given 

advertisement for proposals 

bids to be read in public . 

sample of books . 

bids when unsatisfactory . 

contract with publisher 

price for which to be sold to be fixed 

trustees neglecting to enforce use of, punishable 

MISCELLANEOUS AND REPEAL PROVISIONS, 
certificates only to issue to moral persons 
repeal of prior school laws .... 



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INDEX OF EXTRACTS FROM PENAL CODE. 



SCHOOL LAWS. 

violation of ... 

disturbing school 

abusing teacher . 

disturbing school meeting . 

trustees using wrong text-books 

trustees using prescribed books 

trustee interested in school contract 

trustee, teacher, marshal, etc., making false report 



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INDEX OF RULES OF TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDU- 
CATION. 



FORMS NOT SUPPLIED IN THE SHAPE OF BLANKS. 

form of notice of annual election of school trustees, form 1 . 38 

form of notice or advertisement of a district election for vot- 
ing a tax to furnish additional school facilities, etc., form 2 . 39 



INDEX. 61 



form of a petition of parents and guardians who desire to 
form a new district from parts of one or more old ones, 

form 3 40 

school trustees' report, form 4 41 

LIST OF TEXT-BOOKS 42 

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS 43 

attendance 43 

duration of daily school session 43 

duration of daily school session in graded and ungraded 

schools, etc 44 

detention of pupils, etc 44 

responsibility of principals and teachers, etc 44 

teachers must watch conduct, etc., of pupils, etc. ... 44 

teachers must prescribe rules for use of yards, etc. . . 44 

teachers must enter names of applicants, etc 45 

teachers must require excuses from parents! and guardians, 

etc., and excuses 45 

pupil must have books, etc 45 

defacing school furniture, etc 46 

cleanliness of pupils, etc 46 

pupils with contagious diseases 46 

teacher must read regulations to pupils 46 

calisthenics 46 

supplies 47 

sweeping school room, water, etc 47 

reporting what books used 47 

district clerk's certificate that school register has been prop- 
erly kept ^ . . . . 47 

rules for pupils 47 

instructions for teachers 48 

rules for district libraries 49 

GRADE OF SCHOOLS, ETC 50 

arithmetic 51 

reading 52 

geography 52 

writing 52 

library books 52 



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